10th Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium on Environmental Law

School of Law, University College Cork

(Moot Court Room, First Floor, Aras na Laoi Building)

Wednesday, 25th April 2018

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1.30 pm  Welcome and Opening Remarks: Prof Owen McIntyre.

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1.45 pm Ms Celia Le Lievre, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Law & Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy, University College Cork: Sustainably Reconciling Nature Conservation and Low-Carbon Energy Infrastructures under the Appropriate Assessment Procedure of the EU Habitats Directive: the Example of the Marine Renewable Energy Sector. 

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2.15 pm Mr Edwin Alblas, Ph.D. Candidate, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin: Regulating Costs of Environmental Proceedings under the Aarhus Convention: A Role for Citizens?

2.45 pm   Ms Amanda Mundell, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Birmingham City University: Neighbourhood Planning - Does it Increase Understanding of Development Processes and Decisions?

3.15 pm Ms Orla Kelleher, Ph.D. Candidate, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin: The Revival of the Unenumerated Rights Doctrine: A Right to Environmental Protection and its Implications for Future Climate Change Litigation in Ireland.

3.45 pm  Tea / Coffee Break

4.00 pm  Ms Caer Smyth, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University:Exploring the Rationalist Assumptions that Shape Spaces for Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making.

4.30 pm Ms Aoife Long, PhD Candidate, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork: Should Renewable Gas be used as a Heat, Electricity or Transport Fuel in Ireland?

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5.00 pm  Mrs Raashi Chauhan, Ph.D. Candidate / Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg: Effective Environmental Compliance with Specific Reference to the Extractive Mining Industries.

5.30 pm  Ms Laurie O’Keefe, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Law, University College Cork: [Topic to be confirmed]

6.30 pm Mr Imad Ibrahim, Ph.D. Candidate, Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa / Research Associate, gLAWcal - Global Law Initiative for Sustainable Development (United Kingdom) : A New Opportunity for the Harmonization of International Water Law after Entry into Force of the United Nations Watercourses Convention.

7.00 pm Closing Remarks

8.00 pm  Conference Dinner – Rachel’s, 28 Washington Street, Cork